Building A Pull Out Ironing Board Cabinet
Building A Pull Out Ironing Board Cabinet Freestanding ironing boards belong in the same category as folding step stools and yoga mats. Everyone owns one, no one has a great place to store it, and it always seems to be in the way. A built-in pull-out ironing board cabinet solves the problem elegantly. The board lives inside a shallow cabinet or wall cavity, deploys in one motion when needed, and disappears completely when not in use. Homes built between 1920 and 1950 frequently included these built-ins as standard features. They fell out of fashion in the postwar building boom, largely because the freestanding board was cheaper for builders to skip installing. Building your own pull-out cabinet takes a weekend and about 200 dollars in materials. The mechanism is simple. A commercial pull-out ironing board hardware kit, available from Rockler, Hafele, and several online specialty retailers, provides the pivoting arm, the board itself with a heat-safe pad and cover, and the mou...
